Global evacuation of burn patients does not increase the incidence of venous thromboembolic complications

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Chung, Kevin K ^a,b   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Renz, Evan M ^a   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a   Wang, Jingjing ^a   Park, Myung S ^a   Horvath, Edward E ^a   Albrecht, Michael C ^a   White, Christopher E ^a   Wanek, Sandra M ^a   Barillo, David J ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air travel; Burn; Deep vein thrombosis; Evacuation; Global; Injury; Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism; Trauma; Venous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AVIATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LUNG BURN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AFGHANISTAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WAR;

EID: 67649971209     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181271b8a     Document Type: Article

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